Assiut
Funerals held for victims of 30 June clashes in Assiut
Egypt
July 1, 2013
Funerals held for victims of 30 June clashes in Assiut
Hundreds attended Monday the funeral of three people who were killed Sunday evening in clashes in the vicinity of the Assiut…
Five drown in sewer in Assiut
Egypt
May 23, 2013
Five drown in sewer in Assiut
Five people drowned in Assiut while building an in-home sewer system on Thursday. They were building a new sewer structure…
Update: Curfew declared in Assiut after police station clashes
Egypt
April 18, 2013
Update: Curfew declared in Assiut after police station clashes
Security forces in Assiut imposed curfew late Thursday night for the area encompassing the four main roads leading to the…
Students protest against train strike in Assiut
Egypt
April 8, 2013
Students protest against train strike in Assiut
Dozens of Assiut and Al-Azhar University students blocked the roads in front of the Assiut train station on Monday, protesting…
Acclaimed performance has its Arabic premiere in Assiut with little success
Art news
April 3, 2013
Acclaimed performance has its Arabic premiere in Assiut with little success
After traveling the world when its writer could not, Nassim Soleimapour’s much-translated, critically-acclaimed “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” received its stage…
One killed, another injured during shootout in Assiut
Egypt
March 12, 2013
One killed, another injured during shootout in Assiut
One woman was killed and another man injured in a shootout between residents of Bani Qora and Um al-Qosur villages…
Police officers continue protests across Egypt
Egypt
February 13, 2013
Police officers continue protests across Egypt
Police officers continued to protest across Egypt on Wednesday urging the removal of Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and demanding…
Tight security in Assiut as Pope Tawadros attends conference
Egypt
February 4, 2013
Tight security in Assiut as Pope Tawadros attends conference
Pope Tawadros II visited the Al-Mahraq Monastery in Assiut on Monday to attend the sixth conference on the Coptic history…